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Keila

Gender
Girl
Say it
KAY-lah
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#1,548 for girls

Keila is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,548th for girls in the US (136 babies).

Where does Keila come from?

Modern: Latin American variant of Kayla; also matches the biblical town Keilah

More on Wiktionary.

Is Keila a girl's or a boy's name?

Keila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 136 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Keila in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 13 girls.

Half of all the girls named Keila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 13 in 20132024
Keila in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20244#4,907
20234#4,915
20225#4,168
20214#4,864
20200–
20196#3,738
20186#3,702
20177#3,395
20167#3,389
20155#4,294
20148#3,031
201313#2,174
201211#2,463
20117#3,360
20104#4,931
20093#5,801
20089#2,663
20075#3,858
20068#2,657
20055#3,543
20047#2,669
20030–
20023#4,284
20010–
20000–
19994#3,374
19983#4,026
19973#3,991

How popular is Keila in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,548among girls
Babies in 2025
136about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 136 girls in the US were named Keila, making it the 1,548th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 239 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.

Half of all the girls named Keila in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 498 girls in the US were given Keila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #596, up from #1,548 for this spelling alone.

1956Busiest: 239 in 20062025
Keila in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025136#1,548
2024136#1,559
202396#2,033
202281#2,295
202181#2,266
202099#1,924
2019127#1,655
2018137#1,577
2017138#1,580
2016182#1,313
2015169#1,394
2014178#1,326
2013200#1,198
2012171#1,364
2011193#1,237
2010187#1,274
2009225#1,121
2008238#1,090
2007230#1,125
2006239#1,066
2005232#1,035
2004220#1,050
2003210#1,064
2002218#1,004
2001217#988
2000183#1,111
1999192#1,052
1998179#1,080
1997159#1,161
1996162#1,117
1995161#1,097
1994154#1,149
1993116#1,395
1992157#1,124
1991155#1,141
1990141#1,200
1989118#1,319
1988114#1,279
198785#1,511
198664#1,784
198569#1,679
198472#1,565
198361#1,751
198263#1,755
198153#1,985
198046#2,189
197971#1,596
197843#2,159
197758#1,761
197647#1,912
197530#2,565
197437#2,172
197327#2,629
197227#2,598
197123#2,955
197025#2,779
196915#3,618
196827#2,360
196727#2,327
196610#4,197
19657#5,288
19648#5,007
196313#3,634
196215#3,292
196120#2,751
196016#3,094
195913#3,435
19587#4,889
19576#5,376
19568#4,466

Names like Keila

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Keira Kiara Eden Kiana Layla Sienna Caoimhe Kianna Brianna Cassidy Aoibheann Noa

Other spellings of Keila

Keyla Keilah

Names related to Keila

Kaila Kaela Kelilah Kelia Keela Keala Keily Kaleia

More Modern names

Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Keila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keila, updated 20 October 2026.